I just received my SS payment-- it was over $10k and I don't know why

[ailsagirl]

When I checked my account, it said it was "a one time payment"

Anyone else get this??

[WhiteTara]

1. no, but be careful and don't spend the overage!

[LaRaven]

2. We're you eligible for this?

Social Security Fairness Act: Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO)

[ailsagirl]

4. Googled "social security one time payment 2025"

If a beneficiary is due additional benefits as a result of the Act, they will receive a one-time payment, deposited into the bank account SSA

https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement/social-security-fairness-act.html

[Easterncedar]

5. I had to apply to get that WEP payment

I don’t think it’s automatic.

[ailsagirl]

7. This makes me nervous-- what are the idiots up to now?? n/t

[Easterncedar]

9. That's a lot of money

Can you access any of your information at the govt login? Are you close enough to an office to ask about it in person?

[LaRaven]

10. I did not have to apply.

I had been watching Biden sign it before he left office last year. I was notified that I was eligible and it was automatic.

[Easterncedar]

11. Were you receiving SS at all before?

I wasn’t. It wasn’t especially hard to apply, although it took time, like 2 months, and I did get a retroactive payment. The phone appointment and conversation I had, which took 6 weeks to get, was very helpful.

[LaRaven]

13. Yes, I was already on SS for nearly 6 years?

Lost way more $$ from over the six years than the lump sum they gave me (for just the one year.) I’m not complaining though - my SS has increased by about half of what I was receiving.

[Easterncedar]

17. I bet it's the WEP repeal back payment then

Something to thank Joe Biden for

[ailsagirl]

16. Yes-- for years

[Easterncedar]

18. I bet its the WEP repeal back payment

Rejoice and thank Joe

[ailsagirl]

14. I'm speaking to someone now-- on hold

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. If it's a WEP payment, thank Joe Biden

Do you get another pension from a state or federal govt job? If so, then this payment is probably a WEP payment.

[ailsagirl]

15. Nope-- it's still a mystery...

[SheltieLover]

3. No, but I agree with Tara not to spend the extra!

[33taw]

6. Do you have a foreign pension? Or, a government pension?

[ailsagirl]

8. Bottom line

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I need to wait to get an explanation from SS-- they'll send me a letter in the mail. Evidently the last person to sign off on this hasn't yet.

Thanks, all-- I'll update this post once I receive the letter.

[Easterncedar]

19. Do let us know please

I was pleasantly surprised at the process. I had very little hope and wasn’t counting on anything, but applied as a test, really. The system was still holding as of May.

[ailsagirl]

20. Definitely!! n/t